Monday, December 05, 2011

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Rebecca Winters / Marie Ferrarella / Shirley Jump

Special Releases
November 2011
by Rebecca Winters, Marie Ferrarella & Shirley JumpIncludes: The Sheriff's Christmas Surprise City lawyer Olivia’s come to claim the sweet baby boy that Sheriff Rick loves as his own. Yet could she bring Rick some yuletide comfort and joy too? Also includes: Santa in a Stetson and Family Christmas in Riverbend.

Maggie Cox / Alison Roberts / Fiona Harper

By Request
December 2011
The Spanish Billionaire’s Christmas Bride Billionaire Cristiano Cordova is determined his late cousin’s child will be raised by the Cordova family – not by some gold-digger… Only Dominique Sanderson is a devoted mother, living in a shabby bedsit. Despite her delicate appearance she stands up to Cristiano . So he’ll take her and the baby back to Spain…Christmas Bride-To-Be Dr Jack Sinclair turned his back on love – a long time ago! Now, stranded and rescued by vivacious Jill Metcalf, Jack’s belief in Christmas miracles starts to return… Working with Jill at the local hospital to give the children a Christmas Day leaves Jack convinced that he’s finally found a home. If he can claim a bride under the mistletoe…Christmas Wishes, Mistletoe Kisses Three wishes…1) A new life in the country: Louise Thornton’s starting again with her young son!2) Someone to help decorate the Christmas tree: a meltingly attractive landscape architect makes her sparkle again.3) A proposal under the mistletoe?

Lucy Gordon / Caroline Anderson / Alison Roberts

By Request
November 2011
The Italian’s Christmas Miracle Brooding Italian Drago di Luca and lawyer Alysa Dennis are brought together by a shocking betrayal. But they strike an unlikely friendship and forbidden awareness simmers… As Christmas approaches could the joy of the season make the two of them and Drago’s motherless child a family? A Mummy for Christmas Consultant Kate Burgess is intrigued. Her gorgeous new surgeon is so talented – but why is he always late? Because, she discovers, he’s alone with two small children. If he asks her to marry him, maybe this Christmas all their dreams can come true! The Italian Surgeon’s Christmas Miracle Nurse Amy Phillips has two things she has to do this Christmas – look after six children and save their house from the ruthless new owner! Billionaire surgeon Luke is faced with evicting this vibrant brood from the house he’s inherited, but he can’t be such a bad guy… And when Amy welcomes him into her life, he experiences a Christmas miracle of his own…

Snowbound Reunion by Barbara McMahon
Cath Morgan knows she was right to spend Christmas alone, far away from the city and her husband, Jake. For six years, Cath has dreamed of more from her marriage—a husband who isn't off globe-trotting, and a home ringing with children's laughter. But Jake isn't about to let his wife go so easily. He has one Christmas to prove how much he loves her...and share the secrets that have kept him away.Christmas Gift: A Family by Barbara Hannay
Happy with his life as a wealthy bachelor, Hugh Strickland is stunned to discover he has a daughter! He wants to bring her home, but he's absolutely terrified. So Hugh pleads with Jo Berry to help him. While Jo is happy to see the father and daughter get closer, she realizes that soon she'll no longer be needed. But surely the ideal solution would be to give each other the perfect Christmas gift—a family.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

There's a New Voices Top Four and we're very excited that our own Liz Fielding is mentoring a Warm and Cosy entry! Congrats to Charlotte Phillips and her HONEYMOON WITH A STRANGER - beginning today you can read the pivotal moment and VOTE for the winner. One of the top four get a publishing contract out of the deal so the stakes are sky high!

We wish Charlotte best of luck and are keeping our fingers crossed! We know she's in very good hands with Liz!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Noah Cooper is in Kerry Springs to do a job, and as a Texas Ranger, he can't afford distraction. A pity, then, that at the center of the mystery is irresistible Lilly Perry….

Independent Lilly's determined to stay a single mom, so having a gorgeous lodger such as Noah Cooper in her house is hardly ideal. He may be amazing with her kids, but Lilly can't stop thinking about kissing him! Wanting is one thing…but with all the secrets that lie between them, can either of them ever really trust the other?

Clio Templeton has loved Josh Hart since she was nine years old, when he saved her cousin from drowning. She's never forgotten how his cheek felt beneath her lips as she rewarded him with a kiss.

Years later, Josh has returned to the town that wrote him off as a bad seed—and the one woman who saw the true bravery beneath his bravado. But the small town has a long memory, and he can't risk the darkness of his past casting a shadow over the shining light of the local sweetheart….

Plucked from obscurity to model in an exciting campaign on the Amalfi coast, Annabelle Marsh can't wait for her month away! Surely, surrounded by so much natural beauty, her emotional bruises can't help but recover.

However, she'd planned to heal her wounds in private—sharing accommodations with a darkly brooding, battle-scarred army pilot was not on the agenda! Ex-nurse Annabelle is compelled to help Lucca, even though he's got "keep out" written all over him. But once the spark between them ignites, it's impossible to put out….

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Mills and Boon Loves is an antho out this month including two stories by Romance line newcomers Barbara Wallace and Leah Ashton. Leah is last year's New Voices winner and this is her debut!
Check it out! You can browse the book by clicking on the link above!